Inflation rate (consumer prices): 43% (1998 est.)
Labor force: 4.2 million
Labor force—by occupation: agriculture 29%, manufacturing 18%,
commerce 15%, services and other activities 38% (1990)
Unemployment rate: 12% with widespread underemployment (November
1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues: planned $5.1 billion not including revenue from potential
privatizations
expenditures: $5.1 billion (1999)
Industries: petroleum, food processing, textiles, metal work,
paper products, wood products, chemicals, plastics, fishing, lumber
Industrial production growth rate: 2.4% (1997 est.)
Electricity—production: 8.45 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 17.16% hydro: 82.84% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)
Electricity—consumption: 8.45 billion kWh (1996)